August 21, 2012Comments Off on Inspection finds flaws in audits of 23 brokerages

A watchdog agency for the accounting industry says it’s found numerous flaws in how some firms audited securities brokerages. The five-month inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board covered a sample of 23 audits of brokerages done by 10 ...

August 21, 2012Comments Off on Report urges new rules on cell phone exposure

By Sylvia Hsieh A recent report from the Government Accountability Office is urging the Federal Communications Commission to take another look at old rules on cell phone exposure in light of new scientific studies on long term health risks, including ...

Thousands of Medicaid health care service providers still got paid by the government even though they owed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal taxes, congressional investigators say. A legal technicality is making it harder for the IRS to collect ...

May 30, 2012Comments Off on Obama’s health care aid to small firms disappoints

It seemed like a good idea at the time. But a health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Barack Obama’s health care law that gets strong support in public opinion polls, has turned out to be a ...